He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.
Nothing gives a person more confidence... than to be zipped snugly inside a bee suit.
When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.
I'm not afraid of cockroaches.
Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes.
I have drunk and seen the spider.
I'm terrified of bugs and I travel with sprays, lotions, potions; the lot. I have to check the room before I go to sleep and if I come across a bug and fail to remove it I have to sleep in a separate room as I'm paranoid that I'll be taken advantage of as I sleep.
Honey, there's a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick.
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the torture he experiences.
we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds.
They're a damn nuisance - I've got one in my bathroom and every time I run my bath the steam sets it off.
To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
[On what bugged him] A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.
The way Zika spreads is primarily through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in places that don't have screens and air-conditioning.
Avoid activities outdoor. If you like to take an afternoon nap sleep under bed net. So these are measures that can be done to minimize [the] chance of infection [with Zika virus].
Remember what I said about the mosquitoes?" "Which part" asked Maggie. "The scary part, the really scary part, the legitimately terrifying part, or the part that makes suicide sound like an awesome way to spend the evening?
Not enough people know what Lyme disease is and the dangers of being bitten by an insect.
There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.
A group of scientists wanted to find the most effective mosquito repellents. So they tested 10 different substances, including campout standbys like DEET, as well as a random choice: Victoria's Secret perfume Bombshell. Turns out the perfume is almost as good as DEET.
It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter.
If we walk in the woods, we must feed mosquitoes.
People traveling to malaria-prone areas can protect themselves by taking steps such as taking antimalarial drugs, using insect repellent, sleeping under insecticide-treated bed-nets, and wearing protective clothing.
I even worry about reflective flea collars. Oh, sure, drivers can see them glow in the dark, but so can the fleas.
